---
title: "I-1 zone in Masset: Light Industrial"
place: Masset, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/masset
zone: I-1
bylaw: Village of Masset Zoning Bylaw No. 677, 2025 (published as a DRAFT)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/masset/zoning/i-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/masset/zoning/i-1.json"
---

# I-1 zone in Masset: Light Industrial

To accommodate light industrial activities primarily conducted within a building.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** To accommodate light industrial activities primarily conducted within a building.
- **Main uses:** Automotive and Equipment Services; Emergency and Protective Services; Industrial, Light; Warehouse
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Buildings and Structures; Caretaker Suite; Outdoor Storage; Parking Lot; Retail Sales
- **Minimum lot area:** 700.0 m²; for subdivision, 0.2 ha where only serviced by a community water system, or 0.4 ha where not serviced by community water or sewer
- **Minimum lot width:** 18.5 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 75%
- **Maximum height:** 12.0 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.0 m
- **Front setback:** 3.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 0.0 m
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 3.0 m, rear 0.0 m, side 0.0 m, exterior side 3.0 m
- **Other rules:** Minimum distance between buildings 3.0 m; Maximum impermeable surface coverage 80%; Retail sales limited to 20% of the floor area of the principal use, up to 100.0 m²; Rear and interior side setbacks are 6.0 m where an abutting lot is in a Residential or Institutional zone

## Source

- [Village of Masset Zoning Bylaw No. 677, 2025 (published as a DRAFT), s. 11.1](http://massetbc.com/images/uploads/pdfs/677_DRAFT_Village_of_Masset_Zoning_Bylaw_-_FINAL.pdf#page=59) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Masset: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/masset/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/masset/zoning/i-1/_